Perspectives

Centers Needed to Study Women's Environmental Health
Maureen C. Hatch
p. A 10
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• Coarse Particles and Dust Storm Mortality
• Dust Storms: Schwartz's Response
• Uterotrophic Activity of a "Phytoestrogen-Free" Rat Diet
  p. A 12
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Forum

• A Less Polluting Pig
• Protein Protection from the Sun
• Vitamin E vs. PCBs
• NRC: Not Enough Data
• The Beat
• EHPnet: Chemical Guide
  p. A 14
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NIEHS News

Working for Women's Health
p. A 18
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Mycotoxins: Of Molds and Maladies
p. A 20
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Human Exposure Assessment: Finding Out What's Getting In
p. A 24
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Improving the Asthma Arsenal
p. A 28
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Science Selections

• Sins of the Father
• Catch the Drift
• Malformed Frogs
  p. A 30
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Research

• Cancer Mortality and Environmental Exposure to DDE in the United States--Pierluigi Cocco, Neely Kazerouni, and Shelia Hoar Zahm
  p. 1
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• Identifying Populations Potentially Exposed to Agricultural Pesticides Using Remote Sensing and a Geographic Information System
  Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, Stephanie J. Weigel, Susan K. Maxwell, Kenneth P. Cantor, and Ryan S. Miller
  p. 5
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• Serum Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans among People Eating Contaminated Home-Produced Eggs and Beef
  Lynn R. Goldman, Martha Harnly, Jennifer Flattery, Donald G. Patterson, Jr., and Larry L. Needham
  p. 13
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• Determination of Bisphenol A and Related Aromatic Compounds Released from Bis-GMA-Based Composites and Sealants by High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  Rosa Pulgar, M. Fatima Olea-Serrano, Arancha Novillo-Fertrell, Ana Rivas, Patricia Pazos, Vicente Pedraza, Jose-Manuel Navajas, and Nicolas Olea
  p. 21
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• Low-Level Exposure to Methylmercury Modifies Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptor Binding Characteristics in Rat Brain and Lymphocytes: Physiologic Implications and New Opportunities in Biologic Monitorin
  Teresa Coccini, Giovanna Randine, Stefano M. Candura, Rossella E. Nappi, Leon D. Prockop, and Luigi Manzo
  p. 29
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• Characterization of Indoor Particle Sources: A Study Conducted in the Metropolitan Boston Area
  Eileen Abt, Helen H. Suh, George Allen, and Petros Koutrakis
  p. 35
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• Semen Quality and Reproductive Endocrine Function in Relation to Biomarkers of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, and Copper in Men
  Spomenka Telisman, Petar Cvitkovic, Jasna Jurasovic, Alica Pizent, Mirjana Gavella, and Boris Rocic
  p. 45
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• Pattern of Stress Protein Expression in Human Lung Cell-Line A549 after Short- or Long-Term Exposure to Cadmium
  Françoise Croute, Bernadette Beau, Christine Arrabit, Yolande Gaubin, Florence Delmas, Jean-Claude Murat, and Jean-Pierre Soleilhavoup
  p. 55
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  The p53 Heterozygous Knockout Mouse as a Model for Chemical Carcinogenesis in Vascular Tissue
  Neil G. Carmichael, Eric L.M. Debruyne, and Dominique Bigot-Lasserre
  p. 61
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• The Role of Selenium in Iodine Metabolism in Children with Goiter
  Pawel Zagrodzki, Hanna Szmigiel, Ryszard Ratajczak, Zbigniew Szybinski, and Zofia Zachwieja
  p. 67
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  Risk of Childhood Cancer and Adult Lung Cancer after Childhood Exposure to Passive Smoke: A Meta-Analysis
  Paolo Boffetta, Jean Trédaniel, and Antonia Greco
  p. 73
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Strategies for Assessing the Implications of Malformed Frogs for Environmental Health
James G. Burkhart, Gerald Ankley, Heidi Bell, Hillary Carpenter, Douglas Fort, David Gardiner, Henry Gardner, Robert Hale, Judy C. Helgen, Paul Jepson, Douglas Johnson, Michael Lannoo, David Lee, Joseph Lary, Rick Levey, Joseph Magner, Carol Meteyer, Michael D. Shelby, and George Lucier
p. 83
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• Extramurally Speaking . . . p. A 33
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